Video Found: Signing At the Waldenbooks
A very cute little video about author signings. The really funny part about it is that most of what he sings about is pretty true. Author signings for newbies or non-bestsellers generally aren’t the most bustling of events. But, if they were all perfect things there wouldn’t be anything funny to say about them, now […]
The Skiffy and Fanty Show #3 is live!
Thought I’d let everyone know that the third episode of the podcast I’m doing with Weirdside is live. We talk about the worst novels/authors for aspiring writers, Will Smith, the recent controversy over Paizo Publishing’s Before They Were Giants anthology, and much more! Feel free to check it out and let us know what you […]
RIP: Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper passed away today from prostate cancer in his home. We all remember Hopper for his various crazy roles in film, genre or otherwise. He had roles in Apocalypse Now, Hoosiers, Speed and the less-than-spectacular Waterworld and Super Mario Bros. I have fond memories of Hopper, even if I didn’t like some of the […]
Note: Update on Security Warnings (on this site)
I’ve done a lot more work to find out what’s been going on and had a friend who has more knowledge about Internet things look over on the site. Both of us show nothing wrong with WISB. At best I suspect that what happened was a fluke (a site external to my own who I […]
Note: Temporarily Out of Service
I wanted to give you all a heads up. My blog was recently hacked or something. I’m getting a lot of Malware notices for the pages for various posts, but not for the main page. I have no idea what’s going on, but, rest assured, I’m working on fixing it. My apologies for the inconvenience. […]
Genre Inclusivity: The Fundamental Paradox of the Love/Hate Relationship in SF/F
Last week, Weirdside and I discussed M.D. Lachlan’s article on the inclusivity of the genre community in the second episode of The Skiffy and Fanty Show. While we both agreed that, generally speaking, the genre fiction community is far more open and welcoming than other segments of the writing world, we never properly addressed what […]